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Dan Hooker
New Zealand
Dan Hooker
“The Hangman” · 24-15-0 · #13
TKOTKOSUB
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Lightweight3 rounds scheduled
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Brian Ortega
United States
Brian Ortega
“T-City” · 16-5-0 (1 NC)
UDUDSUB
Saturday, November 21, 2026ABHA Arena, Doha, Qatar
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Dan Hooker vs Brian Ortega

Style & credentials

Dan Hooker
KickboxingMuay ThaiBJJ
  • 2025Black belt · BJJKarl Webber and Teariki 'Pina' Simpson
  • 2013King in the Ring Middleweight Kickboxing ChampionshipKing in the Ring
  • —WKBF X-Rules Welterweight ChampionshipWKBF
Camp · City Kickboxing · Auckland, NZ
Brian Ortega
BJJ
  • 2013Black belt · BJJRener Gracie
  • 2014RFA Featherweight ChampionshipResurrection Fighting Alliance (RFA)
  • 2011RITC Featherweight ChampionshipRespect in the Cage (RITC)
  • 2018LFA announcement dated 2018-02-06, cited as a reference on Wikipedia. The archived page could not be fetched directly in this session, so the claim rests on the citation title plus Wikipedia's use of it.
Camp · Huntington Beach Ultimate Training Center · Huntington Beach, California, US

Sig. strikes by zone

Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes

62%
Head
71%
18%
Body
18%
20%
Leg
11%

Time in position

Share of fight time at distance, in the clinch and on the ground

Dan Hookerlast 5 fights
54%13%33%
Brian Ortegalast 4 fights
70%9%21%
■ Distance■ Clinch■ Ground

How good, really

Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words

Dan Hooker· from fights outside the UFC Brian Ortega· from fights outside the UFC
Strikes landed / min
4.823.84
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Dan Hooker · Elite · better than 85% of UFC fightersBrian Ortega · Good · better than 64% of UFC fighters
Strikes taken / minfewer is better
4.946.38
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Dan Hooker · Poor · better than 13% of UFC fightersBrian Ortega · Poor · better than 3% of UFC fighters
Takedowns landed / 15 min
0.670.93
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Dan Hooker · Below avg · better than 29% of UFC fightersBrian Ortega · Average · better than 41% of UFC fighters
Takedown accuracy
33%25%
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Dan Hooker · Below avg · better than 35% of UFC fightersBrian Ortega · Below avg · better than 20% of UFC fighters
Takedown defence
77%55%
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Dan Hooker · Good · better than 79% of UFC fightersBrian Ortega · Below avg · better than 33% of UFC fighters
Submission attempts / 15 min
0.500.90
PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite
Dan Hooker · Average · better than 56% of UFC fightersBrian Ortega · Good · better than 77% of UFC fighters

Ranked against 1483 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.

Striking & grappling

Same scale left and right on every row

4.82
Strikes landed / min
3.84
4.94
Strikes taken / minfewer is better
6.38
0.67 / 2.0
Takedowns landed / 15 min
0.93 / 3.7
33%
Takedown accuracy
25%
77%
Takedown defence
55%
1:42
Control time / fight
1:11
0.50
Submission attempts / 15 min
0.90

Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.

Where the strikes land

Range × target

Dan Hooker25 UFC fights · 1168 landed
Head
Body
Leg
Distance
51%599/1578
14%159/249
19%227/301
Clinch
5%58/112
4%41/54
0%1/1
Ground
6%69/87
1%13/13
0%1/1
Brian Ortega14 UFC fights · 742 landed
Head
Body
Leg
Distance
63%465/1609
16%117/167
10%75/92
Clinch
4%29/43
2%17/18
0%3/4
Ground
5%34/52
0%2/2
0%0/0

Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.

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